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Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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Belmont County Sheriff Zusack Recalls Those Jambo Weekends

The annual country music festival was placed on "hiatus" by Live Nation after the 2018 weekend.

A Q&A with Beth Hinebaugh: ‘People Want to Trust the Person Representing Them’

This is the first time the Republican is running for a seat in the state House of Delegates.

Belmont County Sheriff Recounts Bomb Threats in OV Plaza Area

The incident took place in the area of the Ohio Valley Plaza.

A Q&A with W.Va. Del. Jeff Stephens: ‘I Have a Good Perspective of the Place and the People’

The lawmaker is running for re-election to the House of Delegates - District 6.